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You'll be hearing from the staff at Food52 in Too Many Cooks, our group column in which we pool our answers to questions about food, cooking, life, and more.

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We may not be legally allowed to discuss the S**er B**l, but that doesn't mean we're not excited about it. Some people in our office are very serious about football; some of us are just in it for the dip, chips, and commercials about chips.

Regardless of which side you're on, or which team you're rooting for, you can still get excited about tables full of snacks and coolers full of beer. So this week, we asked our team:

What will you be serving on game day?

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Will you stick to the classics and mash gallons of guacamole? Or go rogue and make vegan sloppy joes? Tell us in the comments!

Gabriella P: Jalapeño poppers. I tried them for the first time a few years ago and was instantly enamored. I may have cried a little bit, both because they were so delicious and because I was so sad to think of all the other hundreds of potential jalapeño poppers I had missed out on in my lifetime.

Catherine: Last year my house went bananas and we had everything from barbecued pork to four (yep) types of guacamole (we're all very particular). Also spinach and artichoke dip and a healthy amount of beers chilled on the back porch. Also a dessert table.

Karl: Pulled pork! Since it's too cold to smoke outside, I have been using the same rub I usually use but roasting it in the oven at 220° F overnight. It takes 20 to 24 hours until it's 190° F inside and falling apart. Optional bonus: put apple cider in the roasting pan to catch the drippings, and then when it's all said and done, add some more cider, bring to a boil on the burner, and make a sauce. It's been a big hit.

Merrill: Karl, can I come to your house for the game? I'll be making lots and lots of guacamole.

We're "pre-gaming" with a fried chicken & waffle brunch. I'm making my buttermilk fried chicken with smoked paprika (flash-fried and finished in the oven on a rack) and kamut-cornmeal waffles with green onions and spicy maple syrup (full recipe for both on my blog). That should provide plenty of fuel for watching the game!

AntoniaJames, your spread sounds so...healthy...I feel like an underachiever! There will only be two of us, so I'm doing either onion rings or caramelized dip, Korean Fried Chicken Wings (my recipe is from Modernist Cuisine), and a sour cream dip with garlic parsley salt and seasoned salt.

Were going to a party that will prob have some interesting food options so I'm bringing Thai Sausage Mini Banh Mi using my good buddy Adam Gertler's "Gertler's Wurst Thai Red Curry Sausage" - & Miso Butterscotch Ice Cream Sandwiches with ginger cream (so shameless friend promotion you can get Gertler's wurst at Costco btw and they are amazing !!! Esp in this fried rice!!)